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Carrington


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Origin Of The Surname Carrington

Meaning Of The Surname Carrington

From the Rocky Town

Interesting Facts About Carrington

Carrington is a locational surname coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English word ‘carr’ meaning rocky and ‘tun’ meaning a town.

Carrington Statistics

Carrington is the number 1724 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,224 share the surname Carrington in the UK.

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